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Jejune

Definition

(formal, literary) Lacking interest or excitement; dull and uninspiring. Often used to describe something that is overly simplistic or lacking in substance. Can also describe someone who is immature or lacking in worldly experience.

Example Sentences

1The jejune plot of the novel failed to engage readers, who found the characters one-dimensional and the dialogue trite.
2Is it not jejune to assume that all human experience can be reduced to a set of simplistic moral lessons?
3The professor's jejune remarks about the 'evils of modernity' were met with eye-rolls from the more worldly students.
4Avoid jejune language in your writing; instead, strive for nuance and complexity in your arguments.
5There is something profoundly jejune about the notion that one can 'find oneself' through a series of shallow, consumerist experiences.

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